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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
France extends state of emergency for another six months
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFrench lawmakers vote massively Wednesday to extend a state of emergency as President Francois Hollande says that a call to boost reserve forces has paved the way towards a “National Guard.”
After seven hours of fraught debate into the night, during which the opposition accused the government of being lax on security, the lower house of parliament votes by 489 to 26 to prolong the state of emergency for a further six months.
Hollande had planned to lift the measures on July 26 but changed tack after the Nice attack by Tunisian Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel.
— AFP
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